I know what they claim, what I see when I look through them does not bear it out though.

As I said: I feel the new VX line to be inferior to the old VariX line.

As was said already in this thread, much of it is in the eye of the beholder and arguing about glass is like arguing about politics or religion. I was just stating my opinion, much of it is subjective and cannot be "proven". That's why all of the statements in my post say "I feel" and "I think".